Monitoring and Treatment of Cardiac Side Effects Associated with the use of Second-Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs)

Expiry Date
: 01/09/2024
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points
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This review highlights the various cardiac side effects of SGAs, and explains how to diagnose and manage these effects in a way which ensures optimal therapeutic outcomes for the patient.

Keywords: Second generation antipsychotics, side-effects, management, monitor, cardiac

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Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to enable practitioners to improve their knowledge of how to prevent, monitor and manage cardiac side effects of SGAs.

Editor's comments:
The correct monitoring and management of side effects prevents non-compliance in patients, and it ensures better patient outcomes. It should be understood that it is just as important as the actual management of schizophrenia.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

  1. The incidence of cardiac side effects
  2. Understand how to monitor and manage tachycardia
  3. Understand how to monitor and manage QT-interval prolongation
  4. Understand how to monitor and manage myocarditis
  5. Understand how to monitor and manage dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
  6. Understand when and how to discontinue and reinitiate antipsychotics.

          Instructions for this Module

          • Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
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